US Patent Issued to MediaTek on June 9 for "Sensor based power switch control method and sensor based power switch method capable of fast turning on power switches" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,652,034, issued on June 9, was assigned to MediaTek Inc. (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

"Sensor based power switch control method and sensor based power switch method capable of fast turning on power switches" was invented by Fan-Wei Liao (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Tai-Ying Jiang (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Chien-Sheng Chao (Hsinchu City, Taiwan) and Bo-Yun Lin (Hsinchu City, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sensor based power switch control method includes setting a maximum inrush current, turning on at least one first power switches for charging a loading circuit from a high voltage terminal through the at least one first power switches, sensi...